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Human Capital Spillovers, Productivity and Regional Convergence in Spain
Ramos, Raul - 2009
This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical...
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Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of Covid-19 in Europe
Lewandowski, Piotr - 2020
Social contacts are a key transmission channel of infectious diseases spread by the respiratory or close-contact route, such as COVID-19. There is no evidence, however, on the question of whether the nature and the organisation of work affect the spread of COVID-19 in different countries. I have...
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The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event : The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Covid-19
Dave, Dhaval - 2020
and August 16, 2020, nearly 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, South Dakota for its annual motorcycle …
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Partial Lockdown and the Spread of Covid-19 : Lessons from the Italian Case
Di Porto, Edoardo - 2020
This paper investigates the effect of the lockdown on COVID-19 infections. After the 22nd of March 2020, the Italian …
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Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Self-Protecting Behavior During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Papageorge, Nicholas W. - 2020
during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States using novel data collected by Belot et al. (2020). Among other factors, we …
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Did the Wisconsin Supreme Court Restart a Covid-19 Epidemic? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Dave, Dhaval - 2020
, the current study exploits a unique natural experiment generated by a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision. On May 13, 2020 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831971
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Health and Economic Growth : Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence
Bloom, David E. - 2018
Micro-based and macro-based approaches have been used to assess the effects of health on economic growth. Micro-based approaches aggregate the return on individual health from Mincerian wage regressions to derive the macroeconomic effects of population health. Macro-based approaches estimate a...
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How the Covid-19 Lockdown Affected Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work in Spain
Farre, Lidia - 2020
The covid-19 pandemic led many countries to close schools and declare lockdowns during the Spring of 2020, with … important impacts on the labor market. We document the effects of the covid-19 lockdown in Spain, which was hit early and hard … May of 2020. We document large employment losses during the lockdown, especially in "quarantined" sectors and non …
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Timing is Everything When Fighting a Pandemic : Covid-19 Mortality in Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2020
In an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe adopted social distancing measures. Previous studies have relied on the geographical and temporal variation in the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs...
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The Spanish Labour Market at the Crossroads : Covid-19 Meets the Megatrends
Dolado, Juan Jose; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2021
This paper reviews the experience so far of the Spanish labour market during the Covid-19 crisis in the light of current institutions, past performance during recessions, and the policy measures adopted during the pandemic. Emphasis is placed on the role of worldwide trends in labour markets...
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